mfogiel
Veteran
Yes, I am a 50mmOHOLIC ANONYMOUS, and I do NOT want to be cured... Anybody else has anything to confess ???
__hh
Well-known
And I felt bad for having 2 lenses of the same focal length!!!
A great collection BTW!
A great collection BTW!
FPjohn
Well-known
I refuse to admit I have a problem.
kshapero
South Florida Man
Freaking out, I just checked....I have 5 50mm lenses!
Guess I'm a fully fledged member of 50mmOHOLICs ANONYMOUS too 
I don't need a cure as I'm still in single digit territory But 10 or more like Marek, now that's starting to get a bit obsessive
I don't need a cure as I'm still in single digit territory
But 10 or more like Marek, now that's starting to get a bit obsessive
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petronius
Veteran
Bingley
Veteran
I have started down that road to perdition... I've got four 50s in RF.
Clearly, though, I have some catching up to do w/ you guys...
BTW, where's Raid?
Clearly, though, I have some catching up to do w/ you guys...
BTW, where's Raid?
horosu
Well-known
Oh, and I felt bad having two 50's...Guess I must also buy (again) this C-Sonnar I lust after
ItsReallyDarren
That's really me
I've only got 4. But its ok, I can keep buying them as long as I never reach enough lenses to build a pyramid!
If I counted all the RF and SLR 50mm lenses, at least 100.
FrankS
Registered User
After Brian's post, I'm okay saying that I have 20 50mm lenses, in Nikon slr, Contax RF, and Leica mounts.
pagpow
Well-known
OK -- let's just start this way so my question is not taken as hostile.
Hi, I'm Giorgio, and I, too, have many 50s.
Now my question -- I have started to try to learn them, classify them for conscious selection. This seems a large task (understatement understood)
Have you perceived different signatures to the lenses (I presume yes at least among some)?
Do you classify those signatures in some way that allows deliberate selection (beyond the soft vs clinically sharp, or flat vs crisp, etc)?
Maybe I should simplify the question and ask -- have you developed a way to capture all the differences among them in a systematic way?
Hi, I'm Giorgio, and I, too, have many 50s.
Now my question -- I have started to try to learn them, classify them for conscious selection. This seems a large task (understatement understood)
Have you perceived different signatures to the lenses (I presume yes at least among some)?
Do you classify those signatures in some way that allows deliberate selection (beyond the soft vs clinically sharp, or flat vs crisp, etc)?
Maybe I should simplify the question and ask -- have you developed a way to capture all the differences among them in a systematic way?
ampguy
Veteran
I have 5, but 4 are always for sale
FrankS
Registered User
I"m looking forward to the coming years, when I'll have the time to get to know each of these 50mm lenses better. As for now, the basic division between them is contrastier, newer, coated lenses with sharper corners versus lower contrast, older, uncoated lenses with fuzzier corners at wide apertures.
thomasw_
Well-known
I own 3 50s in M-mount:> Elmar-M 50/2,8 Summilux 50/1,4 ASPH ZM C Sonnar 50/1,5. I think highly of them all.
mfogiel
Veteran
Well, there is some functional difference, as some are SLR autofocus, some SLR manual focus, some SLR macro, some RF collapsible, some RF rigid, some small. some big, some great for fuzzy low light portraits, some good for an open shade portrait, some great for concerts, some great for old architecture, some good for glass buildings, etc, etc... This is why I NEED THEM ALL !
Tom A
RFF Sponsor
I did not add them all up (too scary) - but I was rearranging the Nikon lens drawer and there were 7 Nikkor 50f1.4, 3 Nikkor f2's, multiple VC 50's in SC mount, a Brian Sweeny'd Menopta 53f1.8 and a small assortment of FSU 50's. And I am not really a 50 focal length user - except for when it comes to fast lenses (f1.1 and f1.4's). What is frightening is the amount of M lenses in 50 mm!!!!
My weakness is 35's and 21's - even more of those than the 50's.
I dont think there is a cure for this - and if there is - I dont want it. I like my lenses!
Oh, I forgot the Canon Rf stuff - more 50's, more 35's!
Of course there is another cabinet with Nikon/Leica SLR's - with 50's too!!!
My weakness is 35's and 21's - even more of those than the 50's.
I dont think there is a cure for this - and if there is - I dont want it. I like my lenses!
Oh, I forgot the Canon Rf stuff - more 50's, more 35's!
Of course there is another cabinet with Nikon/Leica SLR's - with 50's too!!!
back alley
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i have one 50...
35mmdelux
Veni, vidi, vici
WOW. compared to you guys I barely have cold symtoms. This IS insane.
EDIT: Im dragging my wife to show her my 10 various lenses is beginners stuff!
EDIT: Im dragging my wife to show her my 10 various lenses is beginners stuff!
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Well, after Tom's post...
I counted thirty-five 50mm lenses in LTM and M-Mount alone. Another Dozen in S-Mount. A few -five- in Contax Mount. Another eight in Kodak Retina mount. A few for the Voigtlanders. And an Interchageable 50/2.8 for the Kodak Signet 80!
I'm not going to count the SLR lenses. Most of the thirty-five Nikon SLR's have 50mm lenses on them.
I counted thirty-five 50mm lenses in LTM and M-Mount alone. Another Dozen in S-Mount. A few -five- in Contax Mount. Another eight in Kodak Retina mount. A few for the Voigtlanders. And an Interchageable 50/2.8 for the Kodak Signet 80!
I'm not going to count the SLR lenses. Most of the thirty-five Nikon SLR's have 50mm lenses on them.